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' 'ffy/5 S 00 Arron/nys Patented Nov. 1.4, 1933 .Y l f .Y v y YsrArEis 'PATENT GFFLICE i f lTABLE l, out M, Blizzard, Day-t0n, ome; 'Appncadmsepmper 8,1931.y seriai No. v561,567.

sl claims. (ores-31) y My invention relates .to tables. these members is mountedv a table support cap It is the object of my invention'to provide a member 5 having .upwardly extending, laterally table which may be assembled or `disassembled disposed ends 6 on which thetable rests directly. readily for use in hotels, schools and churches Theftable top 7 is provided-'with depending shoul- 6 as a display orbanquet'table. f ders 8A engaging on the outer ends of the cap 60 It is particularly my object toproVidea-table member. 'f l in'which the structure 4in one table can interlock The bottom of this table member isrspaced with and act as a supporting member for van from the top 9 of.y the cap member, there 'being a adjacent sectionoffa table which has. been erected space 10 therebetween. 1Q to extend the rst table. The underside of the table top '7 carries a tra-nsv65 Itis my objectto provide means to interlock verse shouldermember '11. on fthe under side each section of the table andato lock'the 'interthereofrwhich'engag'es with theoutside face of the locking meansin a. common vertical standard cap member 5. Pivote'donthe underside of. the between the tables. Itable top on the stud 12 is-a swinging locking lever .15 1 It is a further object to provide means of de- 13'having. a locking nose 14 which'enters the'zslot 70 tachably 4locking the table ltops .inabutment Vone -15 `beneath the cover plate Y16 in the icap member. with the other, v g1 j f i Thus, thetableV top is detachably lockedtofthe YItis-my object vto providev a table which .may Vertical table supports and is, insured;against be assemmed as .a single table or may, be indei,V motion in any direction by the members Sand 11.

nitely extended -in aseries ofsections all ,of the Thevertical members 1 and '2 are joined `to 75.

same character. gether by a pairv of vertically spaced studs 1.7 and -It `is a further object of my invention to `pro- 18 on which. are mounted theyhooks y19. having videmeans of supporting thetable onl wedge the Wedge-shaped faces 2U, which hooks are exshaped lhooks. on the longitudinal .brace which tensions, ofy the plates 21 Whic'nfare attachedjby `25 connects the vertical membersiof" thetable-.tothe. attaehng'means 22 O the hOI'ZOIltal 'C011- .80'

gether to form the support for thetabletopand IeCOl'S between the. Vertical upright members to form with such wedge-shapedhooks Yan 'ats 1 and 2 at either vend of the table. This hori.- taching-means byy whichthe hooks canbe .directly ZOIltal "COYmeCOI' iS designated 23.' l introduced into the vertical. member. at right .It Will .be noted that each plate 21 earrieS a angles thereto,v thereby making it `possible to :pair Of'hooks that'areplOVded'M/'ith hegWedger- 85 extend lthe table in aseriesoi" table Sections, Shaped SlOS haVllg JEhe aCeS 20 fOI'miIlghehOOk .Referring to thev drawings: i Y members l19. As thesev hooksare spaced apart lFigure ,1 isla top plan vewof' tha table asthere canbe no `'vertical movement of the mem.- sernbled` with an: adjacent: :table `indicating in befk `23 but. it .may bedirectlyfennected t0k the 3,5 dottedvline's the arrangement of the supports members 1 and 2 by. the insertionwof the thin 90 forithestabieland with one of the table sections .metelplatefinrthe "Slot-BLW111011 Cante-lowered broken away to show the means of interlocking S0 that S 1100K members 19 Can engage J011e the table top to the vertical table Support; transverse members 17 and 18. When this takes Figure 2 is a-seetion ron the line 2-2 thereof; place the'S-prng-pressed locking plungers 24 can 40 Figure 3 isasection on the line 3--3 of Figure 1; be released so that the head 25 thereof enters 95 Figure 4 is a detail view partially in section the enlarged SDaCe 26 OImed in the adjacent showing the method 0f locking and interlocking Walls of the vertical members 1 and 2 at the slot the horizontal table members with the vertical 3, thereby lOkiIlg the horizontal Connecting members; member 23 to the vertical members 1 and 2, Y Figure 5 is a section on the line 5`5 of YIn the upper edge and adjacent eachend of 1.00

Figure 4; n the members 23 is a notch 23a, which has eX- Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of tending therefrom, through the member to the Figure 4; v ends thereof, a hole 28h. In the part of this' Figure 7 is a section enlarged to show the hole remote from the notch is placed a thimble 5@ detail of connection of the table top to the verti- 23C. Extending through each thimble of each 105K. y

cal table top supporting member.V hole is the plunger V24, which has Von one end Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 and 2 the head 25. Between this head and the bottom indicate a pair `of upright members having a of thel thimble through which the reduced part space 3 therebetween, which members are of the plungerV passes, is a spring 24a which tends '55,; mounted upon a foot member 4. On the top of to hold the plunger vin an outwardly extended 11'0 position. The plunger has on its end, remote from the head, a shoulder 24h, which abuts the end of the thimble to limit the outward movement of the plunger.

It will be noted that the space 3 between the vertical members 1 and 2 is wide enough to accommodate a pair of the plates 21 and their hooks. Thus, the vertical members 1 and 2 can be used not only to support the immediate table top over them-resting upon them but can be used to connect adjacent vertical members supporting an adjacent table top so that the table tops will be an abutment and form a continuous table structure.

The interconnecting horizontal member used for this purpose and designated here as 24 may be either as long as the member 23, longer or shorter depending upon the amount of overhang of the table top ends over the vertical supports.'

This is a matter of choice, but, when the adjacent tables are thus interlocked, they form one longV continuous structure that is rigid against move- -ment in any direction.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. In combination, a table having upright and horizontal members, means having hooks thereon for interconnecting said members, and a second horizontal member comprising a connector to an adjacent table, and hook means thereon adapted to engage with and overlap one of the hooks of the first mentioned horizontal member and engaging with one of the vertical supports of the table.

2. In combination in a table structure of a pair of spaced vertical supporting members, and a pair of horizontally-disposed connectingy members, hook means thereon adapted to be inserted Vbetween said vertical members in overlapping horizontal members and entering enlarged spaces between the vertical members.

4. In combination, spaced vertical supporting members comprising spaced uprights connected by spaced studs, a foot member and a cap member, a table top mounted on said cap member, a locking lever onthe table top to detachably lock said table top to said cap member, a horizontallydisposed connector member having hooks on the end thereof insertible between the upright members of each support vto engage the studs, said hook members being formed with wedges on the end thereof.

5. In combination, spaced vertical supporting members comprising spaced uprights connected by spaced studs, a foot member and a cap member, a table top mounted on said cap member, a locking lever on the table top to engage the cap member and detachably lock said table top to said cap member, a horizontally-disposed connector member having hooks on the end thereof insertible between the upright members of each support to engage the studs, said hook members being formed with wedges on the end thereof, and means to detachably lock said horizontal connector member.

6. In a table top, a vertical support having a cap member having a slot therein, a lever pivoted adjacent the longitudinal center of the table on the under side of said table top having one end thereof adapted to engage in the slot in the top 'of said cap member.

7. .In a table top, a vertical support having a cap member, a lever pivoted on the under side of said table top having one end thereof adapted to engage in a slot in the top of said cap mem- 1oer substantially at its center, and means depending from the bottom of said table top adapted to engagel the ends of the cap to prevent its movement laterally and longitudinally.

8. In combination, of a plurality of pairs of spaced, vertically-disposed table supports, a foot member on the bottom of each pair, a top member on the top of each pair, a pair of spaced interconnecting rods extending from one vertical member to the other of each pair, horizontal vinterconnecting members, each having a plate on each end thereof projecting therebeyond, said plates being provided with hook members formed by diagonal slots in which said rods are received, said parts being so arranged that two horizontal connecting members with their hooked plates introduced side by side between the supports on the rods may be supported at rightangles to the vertical members.

OTTO M. BLIZZARD. 

